Reel for sectional skeining.



PATENTED JULY 21, 1968.

I E. BARTON. REEL FOR SEOTIONAL SKEINING.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1, 1905.

PATENTED JULY 21, 1908.

E. BARTON. REEL FOR SEGTIONAL SKEINING.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7, 1906.

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UNI ED sTArEs PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN BARTON, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO DEXTER, LAMBERT & COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A FIRM.

REEL FOR SECTIONAL SKEINING.

Application filed December 7, 1906.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

Serial No. 346,712.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN BARTON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reels for Sectional Skeining, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in plaiding reels, with theobject in view of providing simple and effective means for separating thread or yarn into skein sections which may be independently dyed different colors without interrupting the continuity of rthe yarn or thread from one skein section to another thereby providing for the weaving of plaid goods of any desired length and of any desired variety of coloring.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of the reel in side elevation broken away at the center, Fig. 2 is an end View of the same, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a part of the reel frame and parts carried thereby to show the adjustable feature of the thread guide bar, Fig. 4 is a top plan view, Fig. 5 is a partial end View on an en larged scale, Fig. 6 is a partial longitudinal section taken in the plane of the line A-A' of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a partial transverse section in the plane of the line B-B of Fig. 6

The frame in which the reel is mounted is denoted by l and may be of any well known or approved form and is provided with a spool rail 2 on which spools 3 of yarn or thread are supported. in rotary adjustment at the desired intervals along its length. From these spools 3 the yarn or thread leads to a guide bar 4 mounted in suitable brackets 5 and 6 made fast to the uprights of the frame 1 at one side thereof, the said brackets being provided with anti-friction rollers 7 and 8 on which the bar 4 rests to enable it to be readily adjusted longitudinally.

The bar 4 carries a thread guide 9 for each spool 3 and the thread after passing through the guide 9 leads to the reel 10, the latter being of any well known or approved form and mounted in the frame 1 to rotate with a shaft 11 provided at one end with fast and loose pulleys 12 and 13 as is usual, and, at the opposite end, with a crank arm 14 provided with a pin 15 for engaging the slots 16 in a star wheel 17 to operate the star wheel one step for each revolution of the shaft 11.

The star wheel 17 is mounted on a shaft 18 journaled in the bracket 19 attached to one end of the reel frame 1, the said shaft being provided with a suitable bearing for apattern chain 20 whichis supported on the shaft and operated step by step by the rotation of the shaft for the purpose of bringing certain of the rollers on the pattern chain in position to operate a system of levers for adjusting the thread guide bar 4 longitudinally. This adjustment of the thread guide bar longitudinally is relied upon to separate the yarn or thread wound upon the reel intowell defined sections which may be temporarily held separated during the dyeing process.

The guide bar adjusting mechanism which I have found eminently practicable in use, is constructed as follows :Several levers, in the present instance three, denoted by 21, 22, 23, are fulcrumcd at one end on a pin 24 supported in an arm 25 of the bracket 19 and extend over the pattern chain 20. These levers are each connected with the operating arms extending laterally from a rock shaft 26 mounted in suitable brackets 27, 28, fixed to the uprights in the frame 1.

The lever 21 is connected by a rod 29 with an arm 30 on the shaft 26, the lever 22 con nected by a rod 31 with an arm 32 on said shaft and the lever 23 is connected by a rod 33 with an arm 34 on said shaft. The arm 30 is here represented as the longer of the three arms, 30, 32, 34, the arm 34 as the shortest of the three and the arm 32 as of an intermediate length. Furthermore, the levers 21, 22, 23, are each provided with a series of perforations 35 so that the rod which connects the lever with. the arm on the shaft 26 may be attached to the lever nearer to or further away from the fulcrum of the lever, as may be desired. The rock shaft 26 has fixed. thereon an arm 36 which extends upwardly and engages the thread guide bar 4.

A weight 37 is hung from the end. of the longer arm 30 on the rock shaft 26 to rock the shaft and hold. it normally in a position to hold the thread guide bar 4 in its extreme position to the left. V

The pattern chain 20 is provided, on its transverse spindles with lever operating rollers placed in different planes to register with the levers which they are intended to operate. For instance, the rollers 38, see Fig. 6,

are in a plane suitable for lifting the lever 21, the rollers 39 in a plane suitable for lifting the lever 22 and the rollers 40 in a plane suitable for lifting the lever 23. Furthermore, the number of rollers consecutively placed in any given plane will determine the number of complete rotations of the reel while that particular lever is held elevated;

The bracket arm 25 in whichthe several guide bar shifting levers are pivoted is preferably provided with an elongated slot 41 through which the fulcrum pin 24 extends in order that the levers may be adjusted with great nicety with respect to the chain rollers and each of the several levers 21, 22 and 23 is provided with a bearing shoe 42 having a curved face for engaging the roller.

The position of the parts shown in Fig. 1 is that in which the guide bar 4 has been shifted one step to the right in order to bring the thread guides into position to wind a second skein section on the reel. The first skein sections at the left, denoted by 43, 44, 45 and 46, one for each of the spools 3, are wound when the guide bar is in its normal position with all the levers 21, 22, 23, depressed, t 6., when the pattern chain presents no lifting rollers in position to engage the guide bar operating levers. When a roller 38 has been advanced by the step by step movement of the pattern chain under the operation of the star wheel to a position beneath the lever 21, it will lift the lever 21 and in so doing will rock the shaft 26 and swing the arm 36 into position to shift the thread guide bar one step to the right, and, at the same time, each of the other thread guides into positions where it and they will wind the second skein sections, denoted by 47, 48, 49 and 50. As the connectingrod 29 between the lever 21 and arm or lever 30 is connected at its upper end nearer the fulcrum of its lever 21 than either of the other rods 31 and 33 are to the fulcrums of their levers and as said rod 29 is connected with its arm 30 at a reater distance from the axis of the rock 51m 26 than the distance at which either of the other rods 31 and 33 are from said axis, the lifting of the lever 21 a redetermined distance by its operating ro er 38 will shift the thread guide bar 4 the minimum or lesser distance of the three distances which the levers 21 22 and 23 shift the said bar. Again, when the roller 39 engage, the lever 22 and lift it, it will shift the thread guide bar 4 an additional step to the right into position for winding the third skein section or third skein sections, one for each of the spools 3, said third skein sections being denoted by 51, 52, 53, and 54. This additional rocking of the shaft 26 and the additional shifting of the bar 4 is accomplished by locating the operating rod at its upper end further from the fulcrum of the lever 22 than the rod 29 is from the fulcrum of its lever 21 and, at the same time, attaching the rod 31 nearer the shaft 26, viz; to the intermediate arm 32. Inlike manner, when the chain rollers 40 are brought in position to engage their lifting arm 23 it will shift the thread guide bar an additional distance to the right due to the points of connection of its rod 33 with the lever 23 and arm 34, into position to wind the fourth section of the skein for each spool, to wit; the sections denoted by 55, 56, 57 and 58.

It is to be noted that when the longer arm 30 is operated to rock the shaft 26, the shorter arms 32 and 34 slide idly on the rods 31, 33, a matter of importance only as it relieves the shaft 26 from carrying the weight of the levers 22, 23, while they are not in use.

The number of rollers 38, 39 and 40 placed consecutively in a given plane determine the number of turns of the reel for any particular skein section while the spacing of the groups of rollers in a given plane apart along the length of the chain determines the frequency with which that particular skein section shall receive thread from its spool.

When the skein sections have been wound to the desired size, the several sections may be temporarily held distinct and separate from one another by placing a tie around the crossed threads intermediate of two sections, a feature which may be carried out by the hands of the o erator and when the skein is slipped from tie reel one aft-er another of these sections may be immersed in dye while the others are held suitably protected so that each section may receive the color which it is desired to give it without interfering with the color of its neighbor and when this skein is finally placed on the spool or cop for use in the shuttle, these colors will appear in the desired course of weaving, it being understood that the size of the reel and hence the length of a particular skein section as well as the number of turns of any particular section are to be determined before the yarn is reeled with respect to the particular goods to be produced.

It is obvious that the number of shifts of the guide bar for any particular thread guide or spool may be more or less than four and that changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein shown and described, but

What I claim is 1, A reel, a shifting guide bar for directing yarn or thread to the reel, a pattern chain, longitudinally adjustable levers in position for engaging the pattern chain, a rock shaft connected with the shifting guide bar and means for connecting the levers with the rock shaft at differentdistances from the fulcrums of the levers for varying the rocking of the shaft and hence the shifting of the guide bar.

2. A reel, a shifting guide bar for directing the yarn or thread to the reel, a pattern chain, means for imparting to the pattern chain a step by step movement with each revolution of the reel shaft, vertically movable levers arranged side by side to engage the pattern chain, a rock shaft, under constant rotation and provided with arms, connections between the said levers and the arms on the rock shaft and an arm connecting the rock shaft and shifting guide bar for operating the latter when the shaft is rocked.

3. A reel, a shifting guide bar for directing the yarn or thread to the reel, a pattern chain, means on the reel shaft for imparting to the pattern chain a step by step movement, levers in position to engage the pattern chain, a rock shaft provided with. arms and connected with the shifting guide bar and rods connecting the levers with the arms on the rock shaft, said arms being connected at their upper ends with the levers at different distances from the fulcrums of the levers and at their lower ends with the rock shaft at difierent distances from the rock shaft.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two Witnesses, this 30th day of November 1906.

EDWIN BARTON.

Witnesses:

F. GEORGE BARRY, FREDK. HAYNES. 

